Bio Unit 1 - Organisms and Viruses (Harder)

Identify who has the following characteristic:

Made of cells.

• Organisms

• Viruses

• Both

Identify who has the following characteristic:

Responds to the environment.

• Organisms

• Viruses

• Both

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NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

Identify who has the following characteristic:

Capable of evolution.

• Organisms

• Viruses

• Both

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NGSS.HS-LS4-1

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

Identify who has the following characteristic:

Maintains a stable internal environment via homeostasis.

• Organisms

• Viruses

• Both

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Identify who has the following characteristic:

Reproduces on their own either sexually or asexually.

• Organisms

• Viruses

• Both

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NGSS.HS-LS4-2

Identify who has the following characteristic:

Contains protein and nucleic acids.

• Organisms

• Viruses

• Both

Sophia notices that she feels tired and weak when she skips meals. Which of the following characteristics of living things best explains why Sophia needs to eat food to survive?

• Living things respond to their environment.

• Living things maintain an internal balance.

• Living things grow and develop.

• Living things metabolize and use energy.

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NGSS.HS-LS1-7

In the diagram of a typical virus shown, which option correctly identifies the structures labeled A and B?

• A = capsid, B = genetic material

• A = cell wall, B = carbohydrate

• A = lipid bilayer, B = cytoplasm

• A = carbohydrate coat, B = DNA/RNA

Fergi loves butterflies. She recalls when she was in 4th grade her teacher had caterpillars in a special net enclosure. The class watched as the caterpillars formed cocoons and changed into butterflies.

Which characteristic of living things did she observe?

• Living things metabolize and use energy.

• Living things are made of cells.

• Living things grow and develop.

• Living things are capable of evolving over time.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Two students are examining an unknown specimen and find that it has the following characteristics: It contains proteins and DNA, is capable of evolving over time, and crystallizes to survive extreme environments.

Student #1 thinks it's a virus and Student #2 thinks it's an organism. Which student is correct and why?

• Student #1 is correct because viruses are made of proteins and DNA.

• Student #1 is correct because organisms cannot crystallize.

• Student #2 is correct because viruses cannot evolve over time.

• Student #2 is correct because viruses do not contain genetic material like DNA.

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-2